Family Help Worker

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Various Locations across the Wigan and Leigh Borough

37 hours per week ( a number of positions available)

Salary: Grade 6, £29,540 - £32,597 per annum.

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Your role:

You may be the Lead Professional for children, young people and their families with complex and multiple needs, or support families across the range of threshold needs. You will build positive relationships with them, act as their champion and advocate improving aspirations and outcomes by building on their strengths.

You will complete Early Help Assessments to understand the family needs and develop plans alongside families as well as supporting to access resources. The role will require you to coach, challenge, and support families to achieve their goals by delivering direct and group work as well as working alongside partners from other disciplines to support the family to meet their aims, ultimately building resilience within themselves and their communities, this is likely to include developing and strengthening family networks.

About you:

You must be able to demonstrate the following essential requirements:

• Qualified in one of the caring professions, have a relevant Level 3 qualification or evidence of the equivalent QCF Credit Value with equivalent experience of working with children and families with complex needs
• A history of continuing professional development and a willingness to maintain this to support service delivery
• An understanding of the benefits of practicing in a way that is strength and asset-based, Trauma Informed, Restorative and relational.
• A good working knowledge of local and national Safeguarding procedures and multi-agency guidelines.
• Be able to use the Early Help framework whilst working with children and families to ensure a co-ordinated approach
• The ability to use a variety of evidence-based tools to support the assessment and measurement of outcomes for children and families

• Having an ethos of high challenge high support. Including building healthy relationships with Children and Families as well as colleagues.
• Knowledge of health inequalities and their relation to; the support offered through early help/ family hubs/ the community
• Experience of clear record keeping in a timely fashion and chairing multi-agency meetings
• A good understanding of the barriers to learning by children and young people and potential strategies to overcome them
• The ability to connect children and families to community assets, to help them to participate positively in their communities
• Hold a current driving licence or can demonstrate the ability to travel as required using own or public transport in the most effective manner

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

We have won Council of the Year 3 times across Public Sector Awards in the last 5 years. We have a culture that fosters positivity, courage, accountability, and kindness, rooted in asset-based ways of working, that make a difference for our residents and children. So, if you want to be part of Wigan’s ambitions to become the best in delivering early help and prevention services, then we would love to hear from you.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits

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If you require an informal discussion about the role please contact Jayne Jarrett on Jayne.Jarrett@wigan.gov.uk to arrange a time to chat.

Interview date: To Be Confirmed

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child and adult barred list checks.

The employer is committed to safeguarding

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